US2018348869A1PendingUtilityA1

Operator apparatus for a motor vehicle with drive device for outputting a haptic feedback, and motor vehicle

Assignee: VALEO SCHALTER & SENSOREN GMBHPriority: Nov 27, 2015Filed: Nov 18, 2016Published: Dec 6, 2018
Est. expiryNov 27, 2035(~9.3 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
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Abstract

The invention relates to an operator apparatus ( 3 ) for a motor vehicle ( 1 ), with an operator element ( 4 ), with a capture device ( 5 ) for capturing an operator input carried out on the operator element ( 4 ), and with a drive device ( 6 ), by means of which the operator element ( 4 ) can be moved, in a manner depending on the operator input captured with the capture device ( 5 ), for the purpose of outputting a haptic feedback, wherein the drive device ( 6 ) exhibits an electromagnet ( 17 ) and a motion element ( 19 ) which can be moved by an activation of the electromagnet ( 17 ), wherein the electromagnet ( 17 ) and the motion element ( 19 ) are arranged relative to one another in such a manner that a predetermined spacing continues to exist between the electromagnet ( 17 ) and the motion element ( 19 ) when the motion element is moved ( 19 ).

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1 . An operator apparatus for a motor vehicle ( 1 ), with an operator element ( 4 ), with a capture device ( 5 ) for capturing an operator input carried out on the operator element ( 4 ), and with a drive device ( 6 ), by means of which the operator element ( 4 ) can be moved, in a manner depending on the operator input captured with the capture device ( 5 ), for the purpose of outputting a haptic feedback, wherein the drive device ( 6 ) exhibits an electromagnet ( 17 ) and a motion element ( 19 ) which can be moved by an activation of the electromagnet ( 17 ), characterized in that the electromagnet ( 17 ) and the motion element ( 19 ) are arranged relative to one another in such a manner that a predetermined spacing continues to exist between the electromagnet ( 17 ) and the motion element ( 19 ) when the motion element ( 19 ) is moved. 
     
     
         2 . The operator apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the drive device includes an elastic element configured to be deformed from a stable state into a metastable state by the motion of the motion element. 
     
     
         3 . The operator apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one damping element is arranged between the electromagnet and the motion element. 
     
     
         4 . The operator apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the operator apparatus exhibits a holding device, for holding the operator element, and at least one spring element, the operator element being resiliently supported in relation to the holding device by means of the at least one spring element. 
     
     
         5 . The operator apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein the electromagnet is connected to the holding device, and the motion element can be moved relative to the electromagnet by the activation of the electromagnet. 
     
     
         6 . The operator apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the motion element is connected to the operator element. 
     
     
         7 . The operator apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the motion element can be moved relative to the operator element, and the drive device is such that the motion element impinges on the operator element in the course of the motion. 
     
     
         8 . The operator apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the motion element exhibits a plate element, which moves with the electromagnet, and at least one tappet connected to the plate element, which impinges on the operator element in the course of the motion of the plate element. 
     
     
         9 . The operator apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the motion element is resiliently supported. 
     
     
         10 . The operator apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the motion element includes a base body which has been coated at least in some regions with a magnetisable material or with a magnetic material. 
     
     
         11 . The operator apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the operator element includes an indicating device. 
     
     
         12 . A motor vehicle with an operator apparatus according to  claim 1 .

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